Famous People with Name Clark

Clark Murray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Murray: an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes.

Clark Leonard Hull            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Leonard Hull: was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also taught from 1916 to 1929. His doctoral research on "Quantitative Aspects of the Evolution of Concepts" was published in Psychological Monographs.Hull conducted research demonstrating that his theories could predict and control behavior. His most significant works were the Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning (1940), and Principles of Behavior (1943), which established his analysis of animal learning and conditioning as the dominant learning theory of its time. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. He is also known for his work in Drive Theory. Hull’s model is couched in evolutionary terms: Organisms suffer deprivation. Deprivation creates needs. Needs activate drives. Drives activate behavior. Behavior is goal directed. Achieving the goal has survival value.

Clark Coolidge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Coolidge: is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island.Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies-

Clark Ashton Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Ashton Smith: was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mainly remembered today. With Lo

Clark Mills            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Mills: was an American sculptor, best known for three equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson, in Washington D.C., Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1865 Mills made a life-cast of Abraham Lincoln's head. It is generally felt to be inferior in tec

Walter Eli Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Eli Clark: was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. In addition to his journalistic activities, he served as the last Governor of the District of Alaska from 1909 to 1912, and the first Governor of Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1913.

Henry Toole Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry Toole Clark: was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1861 to 1862 during the American Civil War.

James Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Clark: was a 19th-century American politician who served in all three branches of Kentucky's government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. His political career began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1807. In 1810, he was appointed to the Kentuc

Leander Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leander Clark: was an American businessman, Iowa state legislator.He also served for many years as president of the Toledo Savings Bank in Toledo, the county seat of Tama County where he made his home.

Rush Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rush Clark: was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879. He was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1860 to 1864, serving as Speaker of the House in 1863 and 1864, served on the staff of Governor